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Paju, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- - South Korea on Tuesday conducted military drills near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Paju amid rising tension with Pyoungyang over the launching of balloons carrying leaflets with anti-North Korea meassages across the border by a group of North Korean defectors and activists in the South.According to North Korean defector and activist Park Sang-hak said that he, along with six other activists, have launched thousands of leaflets by balloon across the border with North Korea overnight. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).FOOTAGESHOWS MILITART DRILLS IN PAJU, SOUTH KOREA.
The South Korea-US combined forces hold joint military drills as part of the ongoing Freedom Shield exercise. IMAGES
Scenes from a checkpoint at the Tongil bridge in Paju, the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong joint industrial complex, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, triggering broad international condemnation after days of virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang. IMAGES
The United States and South Korea hold their largest scale of live-fire joint exercise. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Images from North Korean state media show the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which was fired amid joint military drills conducted by the United States and South Korea.
Images distribured by South Korea's Defence Ministry show US B-1B long-range heavy bombers and F-35 jets taking part in joint air drills with South Korea called "Vigilant Storm". The ramped-up show of force comes after a blitz of missile launches by North Korea earlier this week. IMAGES